Titanium atoms dimerization phenomenon and magnetic properties of titanium-antisite (TiO) and chromium doped rutile TiO2, ab-initio calculation

Abstract

The ab-initio calculations based on the Korringa Kohn Rostoker approximation approach combined with coherent potential approximation (KKR-CPA), were used to study the magnetic properties of the titanium anti-site (TiO) and chromium (Cr) doped TiO2. In the considered systems, we used different concentrations for TiO defect and Cr doping. In TiO2(0.98)(TiO)0.02, the obtained results indicate that TiO is a donor having half-metal behavior. TiO[3d] band is located at the Fermi level, although isn’t 100% polarized, the ferromagnetic (FM) state is verified as being more stable than disordered local moment (DLM) state. For Ti0.98Cr0.02O2 the Cr doping introduced new states which give the material half-metallic feature. The majority spin of Cr impurities are located at the Fermi level and the conduction electrons around the Fermi level are 100% spin polarized. This indicates the stability of (FM) state. Moreover, in Ti0.98Cr0.02O2(0.98)(TiO)0.02, the top of the valence band is shifted to lower energy compared to pure TiO2, and the n-type of TiO2 is verified. The majority spin of Cr[3d] are located at 0.025 Ry close to the Fermi level. The predicted Curie temperatures (Tc) were calculated using the mean field approximation (MFA) and we predicted that TiO defect in Cr doped TiO2 makes Tc higher. This kind of defect makes the material useful for spinotronics's applications and devices.